Direct dating of Archean microbial ichnofossils

Neil R. Banerjee¹, Antonio Simonetti², Harald Furnes³, Karlis Muehlenbachs⁴, Hubert Staudigel⁵, Larry Heaman⁶, and Martin J. Van Kranendonk⁷

1. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada, 2. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada, 3. Centre for Geobiology and Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, 5007 Bergen, Norway, 4. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada, 5. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, California 92093-0225, USA, 6. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada, 7. Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East Perth, Western Australia 6004, Australia